Beam Failure Reason Determining and Reporting

1. A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving, from a network entity, a plurality of reference signals over a plurality of beam measurement opportunities; generating a set of beam failure indicators based at least in part on the plurality of reference signals, each beam failure indicator of the set of beam failure indicators corresponding to a beam measurement opportunity of the plurality of beam measurement opportunities; and transmitting, to the network entity, first information that is indicative of beam failure occurring based at least in part on the set of beam failure indicators satisfying a first threshold and second information that is indicative of one or more contributing factors to the beam failure.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the second information further comprises: transmitting an indication of a value of a consecutive beam failure indicator counter, wherein the indication of the value of the consecutive beam failure indicator counter indicates the one or more contributing factors to the beam failure.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the second information indicates that the one or more contributing factors comprise interference experienced at the UE based at least in part on a greatest value of the consecutive beam failure indicator counter satisfying a second threshold.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the second information indicates that the one or more contributing factors comprise noise experienced at the UE based at least in part on a greatest value of the consecutive beam failure indicator counter failing to satisfy a second threshold.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the second information comprises a first indication of whether a greatest value of the consecutive beam failure indicator counter satisfies a second threshold or a second indication of the greatest value of the consecutive beam failure indicator counter.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the second information indicates a total quantity of beam failure indicators of the set of beam failure indicators that correspond to consecutive reference signals of the plurality of reference signals in a time domain.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising: performing one or more channel measurements on the plurality of reference signals, wherein the second information is based at least in part on the one or more channel measurements.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising: mapping the one or more channel measurements to the one or more contributing factors, wherein the second information comprises an indication of the one or more contributing factors based at least in part on the mapping.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the second information indicates that the one or more contributing factors comprise interference experienced at the UE based at least in part on a quantity of measurement occasions satisfying a threshold quantity, a measurement occasion of the quantity of measurement occasions corresponding to a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio for a reference signal of the plurality of reference signals being less than a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio threshold and a signal-to-noise ratio for the reference signal exceeding a signal-to-noise ratio threshold based at least in part on the one or more channel measurements.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the second information indicates that the one or more contributing factors comprise noise experienced at the UE based at least in part on a quantity of measurement occasions failing to satisfy a threshold quantity, a measurement occasion of the quantity of measurement occasions corresponding to a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio for a reference signal of the plurality of reference signals being less than a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio threshold and a signal-to-noise ratio for the reference signal exceeding a signal-to-noise ratio threshold based at least in part on 8 the one or more channel measurements.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the second information comprises the one or more channel measurements.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the one or more channel measurements comprise a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio for each of the plurality of reference signals, a signal-to-noise ratio for each of the plurality of reference signals, a reference signal received power for each of the plurality of reference signals, or a combination thereof.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving, from the network entity, a configuration message comprising a set of parameters associated with the second information.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the set of parameters comprises a set of contributing factors capable of causing the beam failure that comprises the one or more contributing factors, a threshold quantity of consecutive beam failure indicators, a lookup table for mapping channel measurements to the one or more contributing factors, a function for mapping the channel measurements to the one or more contributing factors, a reporting configuration for the second information, or a combination thereof.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising: transmitting, to the network entity, a request to change one or more parameters of the set of parameters; and receiving, from the network entity, a second configuration message comprising a second set of parameters associated with the second information, the second set of parameters corresponding to an updated set of parameters based at least in part on the request.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising: initiating a random access channel procedure associated with beam failure recovery based at least in part on the set of beam failure indicators satisfying the first threshold, wherein the second information is transmitted after a completion of the random access channel procedure.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the second information is transmitted via a medium access control-control element, uplink control information signaling, or a combination thereof.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the second information is transmitted via a beam failure recovery request on a primary cell based at least in part on the beam failure being associated with communications between the UE and the network entity on a secondary cell.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more contributing factors comprise interference experienced at the UE or noise experienced at the UE.

20. The method of claim 1, further comprising: performing a beam failure recovery procedure with the network entity based at least in part on the first information and the second information.

21. A method for wireless communication at a network entity, comprising: transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a plurality of reference signals over a plurality of beam measurement opportunities; and receiving, from the UE, first information that is indicative of beam failure occurring and second information that is indicative of one or more contributing factors to the beam failure.

22. The method of claim 21, further comprising: performing a beam failure recovery procedure with the UE based at least in part on the first information and the second information.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the second information indicates the one or more contributing factors to the beam failure.

24. The method of claim 21, further comprising: transmitting, to the UE, a configuration message comprising a set of 3 parameters associated with the second information.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the set of parameters comprises a set of contributing factors capable of causing the beam failure that comprises the one or more contributing factors, a threshold quantity of consecutive beam failure indicators, a lookup table for mapping channel measurements to the one or more contributing factors, a function for mapping the channel measurements to the one or more contributing factors, a reporting configuration for the second information, or a combination thereof.

26. The method of claim 24, further comprising: receiving, from the UE, a request to change one or more parameters of the set of parameters; and transmitting, to the UE, a second configuration message comprising a second set of parameters associated with the second information, the second set of parameters corresponding to an updated set of parameters based at least in part on the request.

27. The method of claim 21, further comprising: performing a random access channel procedure associated with beam failure recovery based at least in part on the first information, wherein the second information is received after a completion of the random access channel procedure.

28. The method of claim 21, wherein the one or more contributing factors comprise interference experienced at the UE or noise experienced at the UE.

29. An apparatus a user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising: one or more memories storing processor-executable code; and one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the UE to: receive, from a network entity, a plurality of reference signals over a plurality of beam measurement opportunities; generate a set of beam failure indicators based at least in part on the plurality of reference signals, each beam failure indicator of the set of beam failure indicators corresponding to a beam measurement opportunity of the plurality of beam measurement opportunities; and transmit, to the network entity, first information that is indicative of beam failure occurring based at least in part on the set of beam failure indicators satisfying a first threshold and second information that is indicative of one or more contributing factors to the beam failure.

30. A network entity for wireless communication, comprising: one or more memories storing processor-executable code; and one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the network entity to: transmit, to a user equipment (UE), a plurality of reference signals over a plurality of beam measurement opportunities; and receive, from the UE, first information that is indicative of beam failure occurring and second information that is indicative of one or more contributing factors to the beam failure.